3 Things : playing with printing + a giveaway

My photo tip is when taking photos of children! Don't worry if they don't look perfect - let your photos be natural - just the way your children are!

Thanks for the insight Ali! I love it when you share things about your art. It inspires me!

My photo tip: Make sure you check the white balance. There's nothing worse than trying to take a blue cast out of an outdoor photo ;)
thanks for your inspiration, Ali! I really need to practice the moving around - rather than being rooted in place - when taking photos.

I have decided that the best photograph of someonw is to catch them when they are not posing, people tend to try to hard.
Get random pictures when people least exspect it. The shots turn out Great.
Thanks for all the inspiration Ali.

i can't seem to get a handle of photoshop but picnik and picasa have done wonders for me and picnik allows me to type onto my photos.

I always have my camera near by, that way I can get candid shots of my boys. They tend to mug for the camera if they know I'm about to take a photograph. I also try to get those reflective moments, the ones where a person is doing nothing, bit their eyes are saying everything. In action shots I always take at least three photos so that the story is told.
My oldest son is 3, I've been giving a disposable camera just so he can have his own camera.
Anne
ps love your insightful blog

Hi Ali,
Thanks for sharing all of this great info. My photo tip is something that I just realized this weekend. I am a terrible subject when a flash is involved. I blink. So when a flash is used, my eyes are either closed or half-closed. This past weekend, I was holding my new grandson and trying to get one last photo before my husband and I had to leave to go home. We needed to use a flash due to the low light. It was so important to me to get this picture and have my eyes open. As usual, in the first few attempts, my eyes were closed. Then my husband just started taking shot after shot rapidly. With so many flashes going on, I stopped blinking and I have a wonderful picture of me holding my sleeping grandson.

I really need to work on my angles. I'm a front on kind of gal and I need to work on just taking the picture from where I'm standing. Stop thinking so much and just do it!

What a fun giveaway Ali! I guess my favorite photo tip is to get low and in close....perhaps this is because I focus on the dog so much...he makes an excellent subject...golden retriever - enough said!
Joanne
Iowa

Thank you for sharing your printing results Ali. My photo tip would be to get down low and see things from a child's perspective.

I don't know that it is a tip but one of my favorite things to do is print a photo on Bazzill cardstock - it gives the picture almost a canvas look - LOVE IT!
One of my goals for this year is to learn all the settings on my camera and how to use them correctly - I just have a point and shoot but it still has lots of different settings, etc.
Lynn (furrball)

My favorite tip is to always print 2 of every picture. Scrap one.. and always have an extra for a family member or as a quick gift..buy a pretty frame.. and that's the best gift ever!

As I age I notice that pictures taken of me from above hide my double chin...I like that!!
This year I am buying a Rebel and I can't wait to take a photography class!

My favorite tip is to make sure you're not always taking "Posed" pics. When I look back, most of my favs are the random, crazy ones!

This may sound terrible but I'm glad you had that problem with the fabric because I did too and I thought it was me. Now I know that it really does have issues. I hope you are able to figure it out though. I'd really like to use it.
Besides a tip you already mentioned (NO FLASH) another tip is to stop trying to pose people in pictures and just make them quick snaps au naturale. I've some really super pics that came from just seeing and snapping.

Sweet candy giveaway. My big tip would be plenty of light or have someone else take the pictures for you. tee hee. Thanks for a chance.

My fave photo tip is to hand the camera over to someone else once in a while. You never know what pictures you will get from someone else's perspective, and also, handing off the camera is the only way to get into a shot yourself.

I now keep my camera in my purse with me all the time - you never know when the perfect shot might present
I would like to know what settings to put my camera on - instead of having to play around til I get the right one (my family isnt very patient with this LOL)

I don't have any tips since I'm just starting to play with my camera, but I sure picked up alot of tips from all the post listed!!!!!!
Thanks
Maria C.

Hi Ali
The main thing I need to do - is keep taking photos! I learn something new each time I print a batch, and there's always one magical "I-don't-know-how-that-happened" shot that I wouldn't have got if I'd left my camera in it's case! Thanks for sharing, Jo in Oz x

I have the hardest taking the time to print my pictures. What's the best way to organzie my pictures after I work on them in Photoshop?
Tip: Try to make a habit of checking three things when you pick up your camera: white balance, ISO and camera setting for the moment you're snapping your pics.

I am at the planning stage of just about everything related to card marking; just deciding what look I want and what papers, printer....
I really like the background effect created with the injet WorldWind vellum.
I have started collecting photos, keeping in mind how I will use the photos and in what type of card: Mother's Day, Christmas, Valentine's. I would encourage taking shots this Spring (all the beautiful blossoms on flowering trees, to get a head start on next year's Mother's Day cards. I took lots of great shots this past winter (2007) with the plan of using them for Chirstmas 2008 cards. This gives me the time to grow ideas.

My favortie photo tip is change your position! get on the ground, stand on a chair, stand above your subject, bend below it, lay on your stomach, climb up in the swing fort and shoot down at them swinging on the swings!! Take a different look at it and you will be surprised at what you get. Happy shooting!! Dawn H

OOOOH, aaaahhhh!
I LIKE THIS!
IMAGINE ALL THE WAYS WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.
You continue to inspire us DAILY.
Thank you Kim D

love this Ali! My fav photo tip is if you take a picture from slightly above the subject it will always make a person look more flattering